10/10/2011Lunch at Gundam CafeWhile we are in Tokyo for meetings last month at the Tokyo Game Show, we stopped at Akihabara to pick up an Arcana Heart 3 Examu board for Planet Zero Anime Center. On the way back to the station we stopped to have a late lunch at Gundam Cafe, near the station.

Troy BakerA native of Dallas, Texas, Troy, once the lead singer for “Tripp Fontaine” (FMPM/Universal), first began working as an actor in TV and Radio commercials. He quickly became a mainstay voice actor of the Anime community with such roles as “Frank Archer” in Full Metal Alchemist, “Greed” in Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, “Abel Nightroad” in Trinity Blood, “Gennosuke” in Basilisk, “Schneizel” in Code Geass, and “Action Bastard” in Shin Chan.

Troy has excelled in the on camera industry, as well. He has starred alongside Val Kilmer (Tombstone), Karl Urban (Star Trek), Steve Zahn (That Thing You Do!), Elizabeth Banks (W), Glenn Morshower (24), and Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba). He was also the host and co-producer for the hit reality TV show “Road Rage,” which spotlighted pop culture conventions around the country. Now residing in Los Angeles, Troy continues to write and record music while also working on Naruto (Yamato), Soul Eater (Excalibur), and several other projects such as:

Van Kleiss from GR {generator rex – on cartoon network}Yuri Lowell from ToV {tales of vesperia – video game, released 2008}Kanji Tatsumi from P4 {persona 4 – video game, released 2008}Snow Villiers from FF13 {final fantasy xiii – video game, released 2010}Vincent from Catherine {Catherine – video game, to be released July 26th 2011}Two Face from Arkham City {batman: arkham city – video game, to be released October 18th 2011}